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Yagyû ichizoku no inbô (1978)
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7 December 1984 (USA)
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Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers...
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5 nominations
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Interesting Story with Sonny Chiba in command
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Kinnosuke Nakamura | ... | Yagyu Tajima (as Kinnosuke Yorozuya Nakamura) |
 | Sonny Chiba | ... | Yagyu Jubei |
| Hiroki Matsukata | ... | Iemitsu Tokugawa (Older Prince) |
| Teruhiko Saigo | ... | Tadanaga Tokugawa (Younger Prince) |
| Reiko Ôhara | ... | Okuni (Singer) |
| Yoshio Harada | ... | Sanza Nagoya (Flute Player) |
| Etsuko Shihomi | ... | Yagyu Akane (Yagyu Sister) |
| Kentaro Kudo | ... | Yagyu Matajuro (Yagyu Brother) |
| Jirô Chiba | ... | Yagyu Samon (Yagyu Brother) (as Jiro Yabuki) |
| Hideo Murota | ... | Sagenta Nogero (Leader of Negoro Clan) |
| Mayumi Asano | ... | Mon (Fighter of Negoro Clan) |
| Hiroyuki Sanada | ... | Hayate (Fighter of Negoro Clan) |
| Ichirô Nakatani | ... | Gyobu Amano (Masterless Samurai) |
| Tetsurô Tanba | ... | Ogasawara Gensinsai (Tajima's Rival) |
| Etsushi Takahashi | ... | Matsudaira Izu (Iemitsu's Chamberlain) |
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Intrigue of the Yagyu Clan (International: English title) (literal title)
The Shogun's Samurai (USA)
The Yagyu Conspiracy
Yagyu Clan Conspiracy (USA)
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The Shogun's Samurai (USA)
The Yagyu Conspiracy
Yagyu Clan Conspiracy (USA)
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130 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Referenced in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
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The Yagyu Conspiracy is an historical saga that take place in Japan on the 17th century. It is in fact a family tragedy. The story is well made and the movie is interesting, I even consider to learn some more on Japan history after watching this film, it may be of a use when watching samurai movies. I find it very important to learn about the countries that produce a genera cinema. Except from the story I find the movie a bit short on action, also the battles are too short and photograph from wide angle which makes it a bit hard to understand who are the bad guys and who are the good guys.
Sonny Chiba is doing his usually tough guy acting, and I love him for that, without him this movie would have been another non interesting samurai flick. It is sad that you don't see him as much on this long movie. Unless you are a sonny Chiba fanatic like me, don't buy it Rent it!